We talk and it’s sometimes awkward
Always nice and usually awkward
And I could sometimes slightly die
Weird pauses not what they ought to be
Therein I wonder what you think of me
And sigh ’cause that’s our college try
Do ti la sol me
Hey, there’s a way to let it be
Writing it, sometimes I second guess
How much to say about the messiness
Or why, ’cause what if it’s a lie
True though, one time this brought me deep
Wide awake dreaming nights I couldn’t sleep or find
The will to change my mind
Do ti la sol me
Is there a way to let it be
Do re mi do sol
Wake up a way to let it go
Of a lonely frame, on an open day
You can amplify the hardship
Of the role you came to play
But another day
You can smile back to when
At first it felt like falling, and you feel it again
Ease up, breathe, shoulders down
No one listens harder to the sound
Of your feet on the ground
But still a precious few
Get the best and accept the rest
Of you, and they will listen too
Do ti la sol me
Hey there’s a way to let it be
Do re mi do sol
Take it up and let it go
Do ti sol mi re do re mi
Hey there’s a way to let it be
Do re mi do sol fa mi re
Take up the way and let it go
Copyright © 2015 Rachel Zylstra
From The Tacit Turn, 2015